Explore Capo through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like head or chief. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Capo in a sentence
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Capo meaning
A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar and used to raise the pitch of all strings.
Using Capo
- The main meaning on this page is: A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar and used to raise the pitch of all strings.
- Useful related words include: head, chief, top dog.
- In the example corpus, capo often appears in combinations such as: da capo, capo press, the capo.
Context around Capo
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 7 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Capo
- In this selection, "capo" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, liz, spokesman, fashioned, press, passero and mccormick stand out and add context to how "capo" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as da capo arias literally and at capo passero the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "capo" sits close to words such as aayog, aghast and agitate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with capo
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Capo Beach parking lot will be closed until further notice, Cheng said. (13 words)
For many years Shubb has received requests for a gold plated Shubb Capo. (13 words)
At Capo Passero, the Italian navy failed in its attempt to destroy the returning escorts. (15 words)
By 1686 he had definitely established the "Italian overture" form (second edition of Dal male il bene), and had abandoned the ground bass and the binary form air in two stanzas in favour of the ternary form or da capo type of air. (43 words)
Bonanno, pp. 140-141 In place of the capo di tutti capi in Maranzano's plan, Luciano established a national commission in which each of the families would be represented by their boss and to which each family would owe allegiance. (41 words)
Arthur Miller: His Life and Work, Da Capo Press (2003) p. 245. She also became friends with his wife, Anne Jackson, also studying at the Studio, and would visit the couple at their home and sometimes babysit their new child. (40 words)
It's absurd for Baquet to use tactics for deflecting any responsibility for what happens at his paper on his watch: "Oh, the capo told the underboss that someone was getting whacked? (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
At Capo Passero, the Italian navy failed in its attempt to destroy the returning escorts.
October 22 - Bloomberg (Liz Capo McCormick and Michael Mackenzie): "A surprisingly strong US economy and mixed signals from the Federal Reserve have fueled some of the wildest swings in Treasuries in recent memory.
These results build on historical testwork from a single composite sample at the Capo do Mel deposit which produced outstanding results including leachability averaging 70%.
We will not allow Cameroon to continue its occupation," the group's spokesman Capo Daniel told Reuters.
Zambada was an old-fashioned capo in an era of younger kingpins known for their flamboyant lifestyles of club-hopping and brutal tactics of beheading, dismembering and even skinning their rivals.
The Capo Beach parking lot will be closed until further notice, Cheng said.
The conference aims to make pastoral leaders more effective ambassadors to the faithful, something Fr. Capo has honed in arenas foreign to most clergy — the gym and the Instagram feed.
For Jones, past experience was also key in the development of the CAPO cannabis brand.
For many years Shubb has received requests for a gold plated Shubb Capo.
In 2011, Jones released another studio album, Capo, then took a bit of a break until his next studio album, Wasted Talent, in 2018.
The charming coastal town of is 10 minutes’ drive away, home to Spiaggia Capo Circeo beach, a sandy strip of stabilimenti balneari (quintessentially Italian beach clubs with rows of sunbeds and umbrellas).
Da Capo Sammelan is a collaboration between Dempo Industries (Vasantrao Dempo Vasantrao Dempo Education and Research Foundation) and Patricia Rozario and Mark Troop of Giving Voice Society.
It's absurd for Baquet to use tactics for deflecting any responsibility for what happens at his paper on his watch: "Oh, the capo told the underboss that someone was getting whacked?
About this sound Play ( help · info ) Use of Da Capo prevents the need to write out extra measures, often many more than in this example.
Arthur Miller: His Life and Work, Da Capo Press (2003) p. 245. She also became friends with his wife, Anne Jackson, also studying at the Studio, and would visit the couple at their home and sometimes babysit their new child.
Binary form arias were in two sections (A–B); arias in ternary form (A–B–A) were known as da capo arias (literally 'from the head', i.e. with the opening section repeated, often in a highly decorated manner).
Bonanno, pp. 140-141 In place of the capo di tutti capi in Maranzano's plan, Luciano established a national commission in which each of the families would be represented by their boss and to which each family would owe allegiance.
By 1686 he had definitely established the "Italian overture" form (second edition of Dal male il bene), and had abandoned the ground bass and the binary form air in two stanzas in favour of the ternary form or da capo type of air.
Capotasto main A capo (short for capotasto) is used to change the pitch of open strings.
Da Capo Press. 1994. pg 1-2 Syncopated rhythm is a common characteristic in jazz music that was adapted to jazz dance in the early twentieth century and has remained a significant characteristic.
Common combinations with capo
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- da capo 21×
- capo press 10×
- the capo 6×
- capo has 2×
- capo arias 2×
- capo di 2×
- with capo 2×